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Jonawan@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

Kash Patel ordered FBI agents to respond to X posts calling him a ‘retard’

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Kash Patel ordered FBI agents to respond to X posts calling him a ‘retard’

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Jonawan@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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    Reminder: Ableist slurs are NOT allowed regardless of who they are directed at.

    Read up!

    https://www.specialolympics.org/stories/impact/why-the-r-word-is-the-r-slur

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      Good men don’t need rules?

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        The reason good people don’t need rules is because they wouldn’t violate them even if they did. Using that to rationalize being a jerk is misapplying it.

        If you’re a “good man,” you wouldn’t be using the r-slur in the first place. The exact cognitive dissonance which allows fascists to be fascists is that they believe themselves to be good people and therefore don’t need rules. But instead of actually being good people, they use this as an excuse to be terrible to others.

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          Go look at the mod’s profile page. That’s where I got that.
          Honestly, I think its a bullshit statement, so I called him out.
          And then you ate the onion.

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            Oh that was juicy. Thank you for that one.

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              ;)

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        *Noooo don’t call an actual real life monster and a fascist a no no word noooo that makes you just as bad as them nooooo! *

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          so calling him any slur is okay, or just this one?

          i mean, fuck that guy, but that word has a heavy and hateful impact on some people. i just think it’s easier for people to ignore that one than to ignore several others, unfortunately.

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        If only there were good people on the Internet… 😂

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    You can tell it’s a slur because of how haughty people get when you tell them they can’t say it. Lol they really want to be able to say it.

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    “Free speech absolutists” except when their feelings get hurt…

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      Removed by mod

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    And what did they say?

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      The central Twitter post wording is close to the top of the article.

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    Mods, this isn’t the hill to die on and you know it.

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      Man, I agree with you, but these are the rules:

      “All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed.”

      How you execute a consistent set of policies when the rules say you don’t have to be consistent is beyond me.

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        LOL! I think it’s one of those “read the room first” situations.

        I’ve always said Kash Patel deserves 100% of the shit the GOP spews thrown right back in his “special needs” face… but that IS a slur against the actual people that are disabled, since Patel isn’t really needing of any special treatment or help… beyond the karmic swift one in the pants he so deserves.

        Which should be given with extreme wit, vigor and prejudice.

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    Googly-eyed chud

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      this is good. we’re making good progress here.

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      Chud is a no no word meant to disparage underground canibals you can’t use that word!

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    I Support this Action.

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    This motherfucker had his own short bus.

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    Can we use “reject” instead?

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      better yet rejected

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    It describes all Americans who allowed Trump to take power, through action or inaction.

    :/

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    Some people simply can’t stand the truth.

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    I’m just going through this thread upvoting every “Removed by moderator” comment I see.

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      Oh, that will get ya banned.
      Cya on YPTB. :]

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        What is YPTB? Can I discuss legal ways to exterminate the cockroaches there without getting my comments removed?

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          YTPB is a comm. Search for You Power Trippin Bastards.
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      I was recently banned from some vegan comm for using the word ‘moron’. Same justification.
      They told me to fix my comment.
      I said no.

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    “Googly-eyed Kremlin bitch” still court-approved

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        There’s something subtly wrong here. Hmm…

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          His skin has a slight green cast to it. Could just be the lighting. Otherwise, it’s one of the better pictures I’ve seen of the asshole.

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